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McGovern, James P.

Current

U.S. Representative · Democratic · MA (District 2)

Served 1997–present

(202) 225-6101370 Cannon House Office Building
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Committee Assignments

House Committee on AgriculturememberHouse Committee on Rulesranking memberNutrition and Foreign AgriculturememberRules and Organization of the Housemember

Legislative Activity

56 bills/resolutions

Bills and resolutions this member sponsored, cosponsored, or that were referred to a committee they sit on.

HRES 1210
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear security role.
2026-04-23
Cosponsor
HR 1199
Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2023
2026-04-20
CosponsorHR 5951
No Nuclear Testing Without Approval Act
2025-11-07
Committee referralHR 669
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025
2025-09-02
CosponsorHR 669
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2023
2025-09-02
Cosponsor
HRES 317
Urging the United States to lead the world back from the brink of nuclear war and halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.
2025-04-09
Sponsor
HR 1888
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2025
2025-03-05
Cosponsor
HRES 100
Expressing support for the continued value of arms control agreements and negotiated constraints on Russian and Chinese strategic nuclear forces.
2025-02-04
Cosponsor
HR 5750
Green Nuclear Fertilizer Act
2023-09-27
Committee referral
HRES 641
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear security role.
2023-08-01
Cosponsor
HR 3472
Smarter Approaches to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2023-05-18
CosponsorHR 2894
Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Act of 2023
2023-04-26
CosponsorHR 2775
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2023
2023-04-20
Cosponsor
HRES 77
Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
2023-01-31
Sponsor
HRES 1185
Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
2022-06-16
Sponsor
HRES 832
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear security role.
2021-12-02
Cosponsor
HR 4479
Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2021
2021-07-16
CosponsorHR 3653
Smarter Approaches to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2021-06-01
CosponsorHR 2850
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2021
2021-04-26
CosponsorHR 1554
Nuclear SLCM Ban Act of 2021
2021-03-03
CosponsorHR 669
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021
2021-02-01
Cosponsor
HRES 54
Reaffirming the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States must lead the world in preventing further nuclear proliferation, while also reducing and eventually eliminating all nuclear weapons.
2021-01-21
Cosponsor
HRES 1222
Reaffirming the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States must lead the world in preventing further nuclear proliferation, while also reducing and eventually eliminating all nuclear weapons.
2020-11-16
Cosponsor
HR 8342
No Nuclear Testing Without Approval Act
2020-09-22
Committee referral
HRES 825
Urging the United States to continue to be a leader in supporting the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the global nonproliferation regime to reap the benefits the NPT and such regime bring to United States and international security.
2020-01-30
Cosponsor
HR 4904
Smarter Approaches to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2019-10-29
Cosponsor
HRES 495
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the prevention of Iran from obtaining or developing nuclear weapons.
2019-07-16
Cosponsor
HR 2699
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019
2019-05-14
Committee referralHR 2419
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2019
2019-04-30
Cosponsor
HRES 302
Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
2019-04-10
Sponsor
HR 1471
Saudi Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 2019
2019-02-28
CosponsorHR 921
To establish the policy of the United States regarding the no-first-use of nuclear weapons.
2019-01-30
CosponsorHR 669
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2019
2019-01-17
CosponsorHR 7350
No Nuclear Weapons for Saudi Arabia Act of 2018
2018-12-19
CosponsorHR 7351
Nuclear Cooperation Agreements Reform Act of 2018
2018-12-19
Committee referral
HRES 1125
Welcoming His Holiness, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the worldwide spiritual head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, to the United States, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, DC, and recognizing his commitment to world peace, absolute justice, global unity among nations, nonviolence, rejection of extremism, nuclear disarmament, elimination of weapon profiteering, eradication of poverty, economic equity, service to humanity, universal human rights, international rel
2018-10-12
Cosponsor
HRES 879
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3053) to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and for other purposes.
2018-05-08
Committee referral
HR 5357
Nuclear Cooperation Reform Act of 2018
2018-03-21
Committee referralHR 5128
Tribal Uranium Exposure Treatment Enhancement Act of 2018
2018-02-27
Committee referralHR 3853
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2017
2017-09-27
CosponsorHR 2668
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2017-05-25
CosponsorHR 669
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017
2017-01-24
CosponsorHR 6179
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2016
2016-09-27
Cosponsor
HRES 759
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear security role.
2016-05-26
Cosponsor
HRES 412
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 411) finding that the President has not complied with section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3461) to approve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, relating to the nuclear program of Iran; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3460) to suspend until January 21, 2017, the authority of the President to waive, suspend, reduce, pro
2015-09-09
Committee referral
HRES 408
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 64) disapproving of the agreement transmitted to Congress by the President on July 19, 2015, relating to the nuclear program of Iran; and for other purposes.
2015-09-08
Committee referral
HR 1534
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2015-03-23
CosponsorHR 4967
Iran Nuclear Agreement Accountablity Act
2014-06-25
Committee referralHR 3766
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require congressional approval of agreements for peaceful nuclear cooperation with foreign countries, and for other purposes.
2013-12-12
Committee referralHR 1506
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2013-04-11
CosponsorHR 783
Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act
2013-02-15
CosponsorHR 4173
Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act
2012-03-08
CosponsorHR 3974
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2012-02-08
CosponsorHR 1320
Nuclear Nonproliferation and Cooperation Act of 2011
2011-04-01
Committee referralHR 1280
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require congressional approval of agreements for peaceful nuclear cooperation with foreign countries, and for other purposes.
2011-03-31
Committee referralHR 1242
Nuclear Power Plant Safety Act of 2011
2011-03-29
Cosponsor

Voting Record

HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-04
no
HR 4553: On Motion to Recommit
2025-09-04
yea
HR 4553: On Passage
2025-09-04
nay
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-04
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-04
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 1: On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment
2025-07-03
no
HR 1: On Motion to Recommit
2025-05-22
yea
HR 1: On Passage
2025-05-22
nay